Dorota Bucław
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![]() Bucław at 2016 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 16 October 1977|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | C1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dorota Bucław (born 16 October 1977) is a Polish para table tennis player who competes at international table tennis competitions. She is a World bronze medalist and a European champion, she has also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics and has been selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1][2]
In 1994, Bucław was playing basketball with a friend and her friend pressed her body against a wall, she pulled her neck which caused nerve damage and has affected the use of her right hand. Five years later, she broke her neck following an accident at a level crossing.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Dorota Buclaw - Polish Paralympic Committee (in Polish)". Polish Paralympic Committee. 12 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12.
- ^ "Dorota Buclaw - IPTTF Profile". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 12 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12.
- ^ "Dorota Buclaw: I feel like a prisoner in my own home (in Polish)". Magazyn Sportowiec. 14 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-11-20.
- ^ "Two Dorothys, Two Accidents - How a basketball player went to the Games in Rio as a table tennis player (in Polish)". Przeglad Sportowy. 26 September 2016.
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- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics